He was best known for his solo progressive rock projects, Toy Matinee and his contributions to Tuesday Night Music Club (1993), the debut studio album by Sheryl Crow.

[6] Producer Pat Leonard was impressed with Gilbert's performance at the competition and invited him to join him and Guy Pratt in forming a new band which became Toy Matinee.

During this time, Gilbert worked on the projects of several established pop musicians, including acting as producer on I'm Breathless by Madonna and Changing States by Keith Emerson, and assisting in the studio on Dangerous by Michael Jackson.

Pratt joined Pink Floyd as bassist on the A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, while Leonard produced and recorded Roger Waters' Amused to Death album in London.

The growing resonance sparked the demand for a band to play live shows, for which they attracted bassist Spencer Campbell, drummer Toss Panos, and his soon-to-be-girlfriend keyboardist Sheryl Crow.

Gilbert was invited to join the songwriting collective "The Tuesday Music Club" that met at producer Bill Bottrell's studio in Pasadena, California, and which also included Toy Matinee bandmate Brian MacLeod.

Gilbert's manager sent a copy of the recording to Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, who were searching for a new frontman to replace Phil Collins.

[10] Throughout 1996, Gilbert continued recording his The Shaming of the True album (which would be completed and released in 2000 by friend and bandmate Nick D'Virgilio and producer/engineer John Cuniberti).

Nick D'Virgilio performed the entire The Shaming of the True album in concert twice, first at the ProgWest festival in 2002 and again at Whittier College in 2012.

A live performance from Gilbert's promotional group for Toy Matinee was made available in March 2010, and late 2011 saw a deluxe expanded release of The Shaming of the True with additional orchestration and engineering by Mark Hornsby.

In early 2022, The Shaming of the True received a final remastering by John Cuniberti for release on vinyl for the first time, and as CD digipak.

These are aimed at fans interested in additional materials sourced from the archives that are deemed unfit to serve as official releases, such as demos, unreleased tracks, alternate mixes, live soundboard recordings, and studio rehearsal sessions.